John Bokor is part of an exhibition called Collection Day on at the State Library NSW

Planting Dreams: Shaping Australian Gardens in the galleries at the State Library of NSW. 3rd September to 15th January.
Curated by garden historian Richard Aitken, Planting Dreams: Shaping Australian Gardens explores the ideas and influences that have shaped the way we make, use and enjoy our gardens. After searching through the State Library’s collections, he has selected more than 150 rare, beautiful and at times unlikely objects – spanning over five centuries – to illustrate the rich and inspiring story of garden-making.

Amanda Penrose Hart , Joanna Logue, Rachel Ellis & John Bokor will be a part of the 2016 Tattersall’s Landscape Prize. The exhibition will be held at the Brisbane Tattersall’s Club – the show will then move to Waterfront Place, Brisbane City for the second week

For anyone travelling north in the next few weeks please drop in and see ‘Paint My Place’ – King Street artists have almost taken over the Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery – Elisabeth Cummings, Idris Murphy, Ross Laurie, Peter O’Doherty, Myf Gullifer, Luke Sciberras and Amanda Penrose Hart

Idris Murphy’s new boxed set of heliographs are now available at King Street Gallery on William.
This suite of 9 images taken from the perspex and glass plate originals printed on Arches Velin Museum Rag 315gsm.
Edition of 40
Makar Press
Exhibition dates June 21 – July 16 2016

COUNTRY & WESTERN: LANDSCAPE RE-IMAGINED
A Perc Tucker Regional Gallery exhibition. Curated by Gavin Wilson
13 May – 3 July 2016. This exhibition combines an Indigenous vision of country with the work of non-Indigenous artists to re-imagine the national landscape. The vexed issues of dispossession, identity, collaboration, mining and land degradation are all viewed from differing cultural perspectives over the past 25 years. Includes works by Paddy Bedford, Elisabeth Cummings, Idris Murphy , Joanna Logue, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Euan Macleod, Tracey Moffatt, John Olsen, Rover Thomas, Imants Tillers, Ken Whisson and John Wolseley on now at Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, VIC

Luke Sciberras will exhibit a new series of beautiful, large scale, plein air works on paper May 24th at King Street Gallery onWilliam – welcome to the gallery and we look forward to introducing you at KSGoW.

Born 1975, Luke lives and works in Hill End NSW. He is represented in Melbourne, Hong Kong and Sydney.

Adriane Strampp has been awarded the Hill End Artist in Residence in May 1 – 28th May 2016. She will continue her investigation of the landscape and will exhibit the work at the Bathurst Regional Gallery NSW

Wendy Sharpe will lead a 12 day tour through Paris with Renaissance Tours. 8 Days in the heart of Paris and 4 days in Rouen. Se her favourite sites, museums cafes and iconic locations loved by artists throughout history.

Country and Western Re-Imagined travelling exhibition is now on at the Blue Mts Cultural Centre in Katoomba NSW. Exhibition includes Elisabeth Cummings, Idris Murphy and Joanna Logue. Exhibition dates 9th Jan – 6 March 2016

Elisabeth Cummings , Lloyd Rees and Brett Whitley will take over the Manly Art Gallery andMuseum 4 December – 14 February 2015 for Destination Sydney. To be opened by Michael Baird. In a unique collaboration three major public galleries present the work of nine major artists to celebrate the important influence Sydney and it’s magnificent harbour have had on some of Australia’s greatest painters. John Olsen Kevin Connor Peter Kingston Grace Cossington Smith Cressida Campbell and Margaret Preston.

King Street Gallery 191sqm Stockroom and main Gallery – available by negotiation

This 1920’s classic Georgian warehouse Grenville House showroom with original parquetry floors is air conditioned with full kitchen facilities incl dishwasher, fridge, ice maker, and glasses. The gallery has recently been fitted out all new Erco LED lighting so your event will be cool and green! Consider our space for your next gathering.

Country and Western re-imaged is a comprehensive and inclusive landscape exhibition from the Perc Tucker Art Gallery Townsville. Works by leading artists including Paddy Bedford Elisabeth Cummings Tracey Moffat Ginger Riley Idris Murphy and JoannaLogue.

Congratulations to Richard Wastell whos artwork has been purchased for the 2015 Kedumba Drawing Award. The exhibition will be held at Orange Regional Gallery from 12 September – 15 November 2015. He was one of 5 selected for the collection. 2015 Judge Tom Carment.

Congratulations to Richard Wastell who is in this years Kedumba Drawing Award. The exhibition will be held at the Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW. Richard Wastell’s drawing was purchased by the collection.

The State Library of NSW has purchased a large set of drawings by John Bokor. These drawings will become part of their permanent collection. The works were done as part of the 2014 artist in residency programme

Wendy Sharpe is a featured artist in The Art of Shakespeare currently on at the Sydney Opera House. See her works at the Utzon Room. The exhibition celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Bell Shakespeare Theatre Company

Please join us for the launch of the 1 hour documentary Your Friend the Enemy on Wednesday 22 July at King Street gallery on William 6.30 – 8.30pm

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This film by Bruce Inglis Sync Pictures travels through Gallipoli Peninsular in 2014 with 16 artists from Australia and New Zealand who painted plein air for the 100 year commemoration of the landing at Gallipoli in 1915.

16 Artists travelled to Gallipoli in 2013 and 2014 and the show Your Friend the Enemy is now on at The Drill Hall ANU. This is a travelling exhibition that will tour to Bathurst Regional Gallery, QUT Brisbane and NZ. See Euan Macleod Idris Murphy Elisabeth Cummings, Stanley Palmer NZ Michael Shepherd NZ Amanda Penrose Hart, Guy Maestri and others

22 works by Tom Carment and 1 large work by Ross Laurie have been purchased by the Art Gallery of NSW. Ross and Tom were part of the 2014 Dobell Drawing Biennial. The exhibition was curated by Anne Ryan. Congratulations.

In conjunction with Your Friend the Enemy, Goulburn Regional Gallery will host A Salute, a plein air drawing exhibition to celebrate and remember the 100 year anniversary of WWl and in particular Gallipoli. The paintings from these 2 trips will be on display at The Drill Hall Canberra and the SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney April 2015. Artists include Elisabeth Cummings Idris Murphy Amanda Penrose Hart Peter O’Doherty Leo Robba and others.

The Muse Sydney TAFE Ultimo will host a fund raiser exhibition of Wendy Sharpe portraits of refugees and asylum seekers. The 39 portraits drawn from life, are of people who have suffered domestic violence poverty or trauma. Please come and support the show at Ultimo TAFE or the Penrith Regional Gallery opening soon

Congratulations to Adriane Strampp who has been selected as a finalist in the Paul Guest Art Prize, with her work Echo charcoal and wax on board 50x50cm, at the Bendigo Art Gallery, exhibition dates 15 – 26 January 2015

Congratulations Martin King is the winner of the 2014 Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award, with his work This mess we’re in. The exhibition will be held at The Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum 8 November – 11 December 2014.

Wendy Sharpe is a finalist in the Portia Geach Portrait Prize 2014 with her painting Self Portrait in Ridiculous Hat. She has claimed this prize on two previous occasions – good luck, winner for 2014 will announced 6th November 2014

Congratulations to Wendy Sharpe, her drawing ‘BACKSTAGE BURLESQUE with Venetian Mask, has been purchased by the Grafton Regional Gallery. The large scale drawing is a finalist in the Jacaranda Drawing Award 2014.

Tom Carment’s painting of Scotts Head has been published on the new book of poems by Robert Gray. A large number have been printed and the book has been selected for the Higher School Certificate English. This is a Black Inc publication.

Congratulations to John Edwards who is a finalist in the Kilgour Figurative Art Prize. The exhibition will be at the Newcastle Regional Gallery from 8 November 2014- 25 January 2015. The winner will be announced at the Official opening on Friday 7 November. For more information http://www.nag.org.au/exhibitions

Tom Carment, much celebrated Sydney based painter will have his first show in 3 years at King Street Gallery on William in November 2014. Tom exhibited with King Street Gallery on Burton from 1993 – 2000. Show dates 25 November – 20 Dec 2014.

Richard Wastell is exhibiting in The Skullbone Experiment at Cofa Galleries 18 July – 30 August 2014. The exhibition is the result of a wilderness residency at Skullbone Plains, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Participating artists include Janet Lawrence, Imants Tillers & John Wolseley.

Tom Carment has won the NSW Parliament en Plein Air Prize 2014 with his painting Afternoon shadow William Street, oil on board 96x100cm. Congratulations, the painting will become part of the permenant collection.

Congratulations to Rachel Ellis, Joanna Logue, James Jones and John Bokor who are all finalists in the en Plein Air Prize 2014.
The prize will be announced on the 18th June , 2014 judge is Anne Ryan Curator of prints drawing and works on paper AGNSW.

Mild steel sculptures that contrast industrial impersonality with the simulated softness and intimate warmth of bedding materials – this exhibition examines the paradoxical works of Japanese-born, Canberra-resident, Kensuke Todo. Born in Kyoto, educated in Japan and Australia, Todo extends his bi-cultural perspective to sculptures and drawings that gesture towards imaginary architecture, with rigorously considered in-between spaces that function ambivalently as voids and energy fields.

King Street Gallery Artists Elisabeth Cummings, Idris Murphy, Peter O’Doherty & Amanda Penrose Hart are some of the artists currently at the Waiheke Island, artists’ residency, New Zealand until 21 April 2014.

Joanna Logue is off to Bruny Island Tasmania for a 2 week residency this week. She will live and paint on the isolated island and conduct a workshop at the end of the 2 weeks. An exhibition will be held at Despard Gallery at the end of 2014 in Battery Point. We look forward to some photos next week.

Elisabeth Cummings, Peter O’Doherty, Idris Murphy and Amanda Penrose Hart are artists in residence on Waiheke Island for three weeks in April. An exhibition will be held at the end of the 3 weeks at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery. www.waihekeartgallery.org.nz

Wendy Sharpe’s Antartica – Wendy Sharpe, Andrew Denton and Andrew Jackson will be on another unforgettable 15 day adventure to South Georgia and Elephant Island. The trip will raise funds for the restoration of Mawson’s Huts at Cape Denison, the foundation works continuously through out the year and this year they will lead a group to Mawson’s Hut leaving on Feb 6th 2014.

Sculpture City is a new show that will be held at the S.H Ervin Gallery at Wartson Rd Observatory Hill, The Rocks on 24 Jan – 02 March 2014. Jan King will have 5 sculptures in the exhibition please join us for the opening on Saturday 25th January from 2.00 pm

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This exhibition invites major artists to present their work alongside their contemporaries for an overview of the dynamic Sydney sculpture scene.

David Keeling is on now at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. His show is called ‘A Dreamer’s Keepsake’ David is one of Tasmania’s leading and most significant artists with his works held in many galleries in Australia and overseas. ‘A Dreamer’s Keepsake’ is a show about the collection and David’s response to it.

Theo Kuijpers [1939 – ]who is showing at King Street gallery on William in 2014 has a show on now at the Museum De Pont Nederlands. His inspiration comes from the area where he grew up in Noord – Brabant and his more recent stays in Morocco and Australia. Exhibition at the Du Pont 18th Jan – 16th March 2014

The Art Gallery of NSW has a work on paper show with the ‘Wedderburner’s’ Elisabeth Cummings, Roy Jackson and John Peart. After the recent passing of Roy Jackson and John Peart, Anne Ryan thought it a fitting tribute to the 3 very close friends to display the works owned by the gallery. Show runs 6 weeks, Curated by Anne Ryan.

Marc Standing’s paintings are now a permanent part of the Groucho Club’s art collection in Soho London. His 2 paintings will hang amongst some of London’s best contemporary painters and sculptors. Other works in the collection include Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Nick Carter Congratulations Marc

Please join artists Peter O’Doherty and Susan O’Doherty on Wed. 6 November 11am – 12.00 noon for a discussion on their art practice and sharing a studio as a married couple. This tour talk and exhibition is a traveling project and is part of IN [TWO] ART

Elisabeth Cummings and Shona Wilson are participating in the inaugural exhibition at Abbotsleigh’s newly launched Grace Cossington Smith Gallery the exhibition runs until 5 December 2013 for more information here

Congratulations to John Bokor who has been selected as a finalist in the Fisher Ghost Art Award 2013 with his painting Canberra Landscape oil on canvas 80 x 105cm [left]. The Exhibition will be held at the Campbelltown Arts Centre 2 November – 16 December 2013. The Winner will be announced at the opening ceremony on Friday 8 November 2013

Congratulations to Adriane Strampp who is a finalist in the 2013 Banyula Works on Paper Prize, with her work ‘Ether’. The exhibition runs from 18 October – 13 December at Hatch Contemporary Arts Space, Ivanhoe, Victoria.

Congratulations to John Edwards who has been awarded second prize in the Paddington Art Prize for his work Marking the Boundary [pictured left]. The finalist exhibition is on show at Mary Place 24 September – 6 October 2013

The Feminine Optic: Perspectives on the Landscape curated by Andrew Frost can be seen at the Tamworth Regional Gallery from 14 September – 19 October 2013. show includes Joanna Logue Charmaine Pike Michelle Hungerford and others

To be opened by Janet Laurence all othe inquiries please phone The Tamworth Regional Gallery 0267675248

Congratulations to Martin King and John Bokor who have been selected for the 2013 Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia. This years judge is Nigel Hurst from Saatchi Gallery UK. 26 October – 25 November 2013.

Joanna Logue has been invited into the 2013 Kedumba Drawing Prize. The exhibition will be held at the Wild Valley Art Park 321 Blaxland Rd Wentworth Falls, 27 October 2013. The exhibition runs until the 30 November, for all other inquiries please go to www.kedumba.org.au or phone 0418414402

Congratulations to John Bokor who won the Wilson Art Award for his triptych On the Road to Canberra, announced last night by judge Anne Ryan Curator of Australian prints, drawings and watercolours at the Art Gallery of NSW.

Andrew Christofides will be talking at ‘Thinking Drawing: Making Drawing’ a drawing symposium at the National Art School on Friday 13 September 2-8pm in the Cell Block Theatre.

Six artists will discuss the diverse ways they use drawing, covering a range of perspectives from contemporary ideas about representation and abstraction to drawing’s relationship with space and the use of traditional and contemporary drawing tools.

Congratulations to Salvatore Gerardi who has been selected as a finalist in the Hutchins Art Prize. The exhibition runs 15 – 27 October 2013 at Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart.

Salvatore has also been hung in the 25 x 25 Contemporary Japanese and Australian Printmaking, with his work: Union First Light 25x50cm [pictured left] At the Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney 12 – 30 of August 2013.

The exhibition features paintings and works on paper by Elisabeth Cummings, Idris Murphy, Peter Godwin, John Peart, Lucy Culliton and works by acclaimed photographer Jason Capobianco. Six Artists | Seven Days is the culmination of a project that began over a year ago when the artists were invited to spend a week exploring the 320,668 hectares of protected wilderness working closely with scientists from AWC’s Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kimberley.

Elisabeth Cummings and John Bokor are part of the Still Life exhibition on view at the Art Gallery of NSW, Lowy Gonski Gallery. The exhibition charts the continuous development of still life in Australian art. Exhibition dates 27 July 2013 to 19 January 2014.AGNSW The Domain Sydney NSW.

Congratulations to John Bokor, Rachel Ellis, Peter O’Doherty, Leo Robba and Wendy Sharpe who have all been selected as finalists in the 2013 Mosman Art Prize. The winner will be announced at the opening on Friday 12 July at Mosman Art Gallery